Training Airborne Operations; USASOC Regulation 350-2 AIRBORNE
Fort Bragg, North Carolina: United States Army Special Operations Command, 1995. First printing thus (This regulation supersedes USASOC Regulation No. 350-2, dated 1 February 1994.). Staplebound, left side. Various paginations. Illustrations. References, Glossary, Abbreviations, Checklist. No rear cover. Appears to be missing Appendix Y MEW Effective Wind Calculation. Includes chapters on General; Responsibilities; Organization, Planning, and Conduct of Airborne Operations; Required Airborne Training; Individual clothing, Equipment, and Air Items; Airborne Commander; Departure Airfield Control Officer; The Jumpmaster; The Safety; Drop Zone Safety Officer/ Drop Zone Support Team Leader; US Army Parachute Malfunction Officer/NCO; Medical support; Communications; Airdrop of Equipment; Air Movement of Equipment/airland operations; Military Free Fall Operations; Special Airborne Operations; Rotary Wing Aircraft; Drop Zone Selection/Surveys; Airdrop Requirements, Minimums, and Restrictions; Combat Considerations; Administrative Reports/Records; Policy on Waiver of Jump Requirements; Water Airborne Operations; Permissive Parachute Jumping; Non-Standard or Obsolete Aircraft used by Special Operation Forces; and Training/Certification Procedures for packing the main canopy of the MT1-XX/MC-4 Ram Air Personnel Parachute Systems. The United States Army Special Operations Command (Airborne) (USASOC) is the command charged with overseeing the various special operations forces of the United States Army. Headquartered at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, it is the largest component of the United States Special Operations Command. It is an Army Service Component Command. Its mission is to organize, train, educate, man, equip, fund, administer, mobilize, deploy and sustain Army special operations forces to successfully conduct worldwide special operations. )
The US Army 528th Support Battalion. 528th Sustainment Brigade (SO) (A) is responsible for providing logistical, medical, signal, and intelligence support for Army special operations forces worldwide in support of contingency missions and war fighting commanders. Headquartered at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, the 528th Sustainment Brigade (SO) (A) sets the operational level logistics conditions to enable Army Special Operation Forces (ARSOF) using multiple Support Operations teams and three battalions.[
The Support Operations teams embed each regional theaters' staff to support planning and coordination with theater Army, U.S. Special Operations Command and U.S. Army Special Operations Command to ensure support during operations and training. Support Operations consists of four detachments: current operations which manages five geographically aligned ARSOF Liaison Elements (ALEs), a future operations detachment, a commodity managers detachment, and an ARSOF support operations element. The US Army 112th Special Operations Signal Battalion (A) specialize in communication, employing innovative telecommunications technologies to provide Special Operations Joint Task Force (SOJTF) commanders with secure and nonsecure voice, data and video services. The 112th's signals expertise allows ARSOF to "shoot, move and communicate" on a continuous basis. Soldiers assigned to 112th are taught to operate and maintain a vast array of unique equipment not normally used by their conventional counterparts. To meet the needs of ARSOF, the 112th deploys communications packages that are rapidly deployable on a moment's notice. Soldiers assigned to 112th are airborne qualified. Condition: Good.
Keywords: Military Training, Airborne Operations, Army Regulations, USASOC, Special Operations, Airdrop, Jumpmaster, Drop Zone, Parachute, Airland Operations, Military Free Fall, Permissive Parachute Jumping
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